Ferndale student charged with felony

FERNDALE – A Detroit teen who attends school here faces a felony charge after police say he stole a $200 set of headphones from a Ferndale teen as he walked down the street.

Jalin M. Fortune-Glen, 17, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Ferndale 43rd District where he is charged with larceny from a person.

The charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Fortune-Glen was ordered by the court to house arrest and to leave his home only to attend classes at University High School, a Ferndale school district prep school for students from outside the district.

The incident was not related to school activities and took place a couple of blocks away near Pearson and Woodward on Tuesday, police said.

“The suspect was with a group of three other Detroit teens,” said Ferndale Police Lt. William Wilson. “The victim was just walking along the street when the group came up to him and one of them grabbed the headphones from him.”

The teens ran off and the Ferndale teen called police from his cell phone.

Officers arrived and soon located the group walking along the street.

Police said they recovered the headphones, an expensive set made by Beats by Dr. Dre. The company was co-founded by hip-hop artist Andre “Dr. Dre” Young several years ago in California.

The Ferndale boy, 17, later identified Fortune-Glen as the one who took the headphones from him, police said.

The suspect is free on personal bond.

He is scheduled for a pre-exam conference in Ferndale 43rd District Court at 1 p.m. Monday.